In reacting to the Enron scandal, many cultural commentators have been quick to recur to a favorite theme: the corrupting power of commerce
In reacting to the Enron scandal, many cultural commentators have been quick to recur to a favorite theme: the corrupting power of commerce
This is a collection of essays and reviews by an American sociologist who for some forty years has been slugging it out in academic journals
A few years ago, a colleague whose intelligence I respect invited me to attend a lecture he was going to give. "This will not be one of.....
December 2004 -- Ayn Rand acknowledged Aristotle as the only philosopher to whom she was indebted, the father of logic who defined "the bas
December 2004 -- Ayn Rand was no academic, and people sometimes point to that fact to explain the lack of scholarly consideration given
May 2002-- On December 2, 2001, Enron Corporation filed for bankruptcy. With the company's assets then estimated at $62 billion, it was the
The Atlas Society promotes open Objectivism: the philosophy of reason, individualism, achievement, and freedom originated by Ayn Rand....
The Objectivist ethics holds the human good does not require human sacrifices and cannot be achieved by the sacrifices of anyone to anyone.
Je suis assis sur la rive du lac Ontario. C'est la fin du printemps et le soleil s'est levé il y a environ cinq minutes. Les eaux, qui paraissaient bleues
Transhumanism (e.g. H+ ) or Extropianism is an ideological coalition centered on the idea that, in the near future, substantial....
Libertarianism is the political position that all human relationships should be voluntary, i.e. not subject to the initiation of force by...
Objectivism reads "I am my brother's keeper" as a short-hand for an ideal of self-sacrifice and service to the group. In other words, it...
L'objectivisme considère que l'homme dispose du libre arbitre. À chaque instant, de nombreuses possibilités d'action s'offrent à nous ; quelle que soit l'action que nous entreprenons, nous pourrions tout aussi bien
En 1917, les bolcheviks dirigés par Lénine ont pris le contrôle de la Russie lors de la fameuse révolution d'octobre, mettant fin à une expérience de courte durée avec ......
When economic crises hit, politicians of both parties are demanding more regulation of the economy. Failures in banking and finance...
L'épistémologie est la branche de la philosophie qui étudie la nature fondamentale de la connaissance, y compris ses sources et sa validation...
Avant la philosophie, pendant des dizaines de milliers d'années, les êtres humains ne voyaient pas le monde comme nous le voyons. Pourquoi le Nil est-il monté et a-t-il inondé les champs ?
Le texte suivant est le chapitre 5 du livre The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand : Truth and Toleration in Objectivism, de David Kelley.
Twenty years ago, on February 24, 1990, George Walsh and David Kelley stood before a crowded lecture hall in New York City to announce the
Comme les lecteurs de ce Journal le savent, l'Institut s'est battu ces derniers mois contre la médecine socialisée, en parrainant une série de conférences...